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United States Patent | 5,098,144 |
Marvin | March 24, 1992 |
A drink cup carrier cut from a single sheet of flexible plastic includes a plurality of circular cup engaging portions each suspended by support straps from a bail. Each of the circular cup engaging portions includes at least one sizing ring held therein by a perforated circular cut and removable therefrom for accepting drink cups of different sizes.
Inventors: | Marvin; Claire C. (Park Ridge, IL) |
Assignee: | Scypher Corporation (Naperville, IL) |
Appl. No.: | 582127 |
Filed: | September 12, 1990 |
Current U.S. Class: | 294/87.2; 206/150; 206/197; 294/159 |
Intern'l Class: | B65D 071/00 |
Field of Search: | 294/87.2,31.2,146,149,159,165 206/145,150,151,158,192,197,427,432,601,606,608,611 |
2466636 | Apr., 1949 | Bruckner et al. | 294/146. |
2998174 | Aug., 1961 | Weder et al. | 224/48. |
3268070 | Aug., 1966 | Cunningham | 206/65. |
3341245 | Sep., 1967 | Wolford | 294/87. |
3640380 | Feb., 1972 | Huffman | 294/146. |
3711145 | Jan., 1973 | Rapata | 294/87. |
4273273 | Jun., 1981 | Zenri | 294/87. |
4548317 | Oct., 1985 | Weaver | 206/162. |
4557375 | Dec., 1985 | Weaver et al. | 206/151. |
4793647 | Dec., 1988 | Marvin | 294/87. |
4799723 | Jan., 1989 | Mahaffy | 294/87. |
4850479 | Jul., 1989 | Bird | 294/87. |
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0142360 | May., 1985 | EP. |